07 Market analytics

The market behind
the machines.

Six connected views of market structure, capital, real-world adoption and hiring demand, with corporate, defense and consumer markets kept distinct.

01 / Category pulse

Where companies, capital and hiring are piling up.

Corporate company coverage, capital, deployment relationships and live hiring shown on independent scales.

Every metric in this table follows the selected corporate segment. Multi-category companies contribute to each relevant category.

02 / Hiring geography

Where robotics teams are hiring.

Snapshot Aug 10, 2026. Public job locations are normalized into cities and metro areas so ATS spelling variants do not split the same market.

Position = companies hiring Circle area = tracked openingsTop 12 normalized locations · click to browse jobs
Hiring footprint by job locationLocations are positioned by the number of distinct companies hiring. Circle area represents tracked open roles. Every row links to matching jobs.020406080Distinct companies currently hiringRemote / hybridRemote / hybrid · 79 companies hiring · 366 tracked openings · browse jobs366 rolesSan Francisco Bay AreaSan Francisco Bay Area · 69 companies hiring · 1,663 tracked openings · browse jobs1,663 rolesBoston metroBoston metro · 21 companies hiring · 103 tracked openings · browse jobs103 rolesMunichMunich · 20 companies hiring · 260 tracked openings · browse jobs260 rolesLondonLondon · 17 companies hiring · 106 tracked openings · browse jobs106 rolesUnited States · country-wideUnited States · country-wide · 16 companies hiring · 27 tracked openings · browse jobs27 rolesDallas–Fort WorthDallas–Fort Worth · 15 companies hiring · 45 tracked openings · browse jobs45 rolesLos Angeles / Orange CountyLos Angeles / Orange County · 14 companies hiring · 224 tracked openings · browse jobs224 rolesPittsburghPittsburgh · 12 companies hiring · 93 tracked openings · browse jobs93 rolesNew York CityNew York City · 11 companies hiring · 62 tracked openings · browse jobs62 rolesZurichZurich · 10 companies hiring · 73 tracked openings · browse jobs73 rolesAustinAustin · 9 companies hiring · 147 tracked openings · browse jobs147 roles
03 / Funding timeline

Capital entering the field.

Quarterly disclosed funding totals for corporate and consumer robotics companies. Defense rounds are intentionally excluded from this headline timeline.

Quarterly disclosed robotics fundingQuarterly bars show disclosed funding. The most active periods are directly labeled.$27B$13B02021-Q4 · $2.4B disclosed funding · 49 rounds2021-Q42022-Q1 · $3.0B disclosed funding · 123 rounds2022-Q2 · $2.7B disclosed funding · 66 rounds2022-Q3 · $895M disclosed funding · 41 rounds2022-Q32022-Q4 · $1.8B disclosed funding · 63 rounds2023-Q1 · $2.0B disclosed funding · 83 rounds2023-Q2 · $1.3B disclosed funding · 47 rounds2023-Q22023-Q3 · $3.6B disclosed funding · 71 rounds2023-Q4 · $1.3B disclosed funding · 62 rounds2024-Q1 · $3.1B disclosed funding · 82 rounds2024-Q12024-Q2 · $3.1B disclosed funding · 56 rounds2024-Q3 · $1.5B disclosed funding · 60 rounds2024-Q4 · $8.1B disclosed funding · 97 rounds2024-Q42025-Q1 · $2.6B disclosed funding · 120 rounds2025-Q2 · $4.9B disclosed funding · 106 rounds2025-Q3 · $8.3B disclosed funding · 126 rounds$8.3B2025-Q32025-Q4 · $6.6B disclosed funding · 125 rounds2026-Q1 · $27B disclosed funding · 168 rounds$27B2026-Q2 · $9.1B disclosed funding · 164 rounds$9.1B2026-Q3 · $6.1B disclosed funding · 48 rounds2026-Q3
04 / Deployment timeline

The pace of robot deployment.

Quarterly cited deployment announcements. Hover any period for disclosed robot counts.

Quarterly cited robotics deploymentsQuarterly bars show deployment announcements. The most active periods are directly labeled.39019502021-Q4 · 21 deployment announcements · 18 robots disclosed2021-Q42022-Q1 · 42 deployment announcements · 248 robots disclosed2022-Q2 · 41 deployment announcements · 888 robots disclosed2022-Q3 · 44 deployment announcements · 161 robots disclosed2022-Q32022-Q4 · 38 deployment announcements · 13 robots disclosed2023-Q1 · 88 deployment announcements · 2,087 robots disclosed2023-Q2 · 63 deployment announcements · 2,325 robots disclosed2023-Q22023-Q3 · 67 deployment announcements · 70 robots disclosed2023-Q4 · 59 deployment announcements · 32 robots disclosed2024-Q1 · 130 deployment announcements · 456 robots disclosed2024-Q12024-Q2 · 99 deployment announcements · 963 robots disclosed2024-Q3 · 112 deployment announcements · 260 robots disclosed2024-Q4 · 137 deployment announcements · 1,199 robots disclosed2024-Q42025-Q1 · 211 deployment announcements · 2,878 robots disclosed2025-Q2 · 201 deployment announcements · 7,356 robots disclosed2025-Q3 · 238 deployment announcements · 1,090,088 robots disclosed2025-Q32025-Q4 · 291 deployment announcements · 15,479 robots disclosed2912026-Q1 · 346 deployment announcements · 20,225 robots disclosed3462026-Q2 · 390 deployment announcements · 19,490 robots disclosed3902026-Q3 · 112 deployment announcements · 55,085 robots disclosed2026-Q3
05 / Country ecosystems

National fields, compared.

Corporate company composition alongside capital, deployment relationships and live hiring for the largest headquarters clusters.

Robot makers Integrators Software
United StatesUS · 560 companies
Corporate funding$79B
Deployments1,229
Open roles4,140
China, limited coverageCN · 120 companies
Corporate funding$18B
Deployments318
Open roles158
United KingdomGB · 76 companies
Corporate funding$6.7B
Deployments159
Open roles185
GermanyDE · 69 companies
Corporate funding$5.6B
Deployments161
Open roles378
SwitzerlandCH · 51 companies
Corporate funding$1.3B
Deployments117
Open roles147
South KoreaKR · 51 companies
Corporate funding$961M
Deployments50
Open roles27
FranceFR · 48 companies
Corporate funding$1.3B
Deployments136
Open roles205
CanadaCA · 44 companies
Corporate funding$2.0B
Deployments69
Open roles167
DenmarkDK · 41 companies
Corporate funding$370M
Deployments51
Open roles16
NetherlandsNL · 39 companies
Corporate funding$235M
Deployments60
Open roles72
JapanJP · 37 companies
Corporate funding$1.7B
Deployments101
Open roles116
IsraelIL · 34 companies
Corporate funding$2.5B
Deployments65
Open roles62
IndiaIN · 28 companies
Corporate funding$329M
Deployments57
Open roles78
ItalyIT · 27 companies
Corporate funding$460M
Deployments41
Open roles31
SingaporeSG · 22 companies
Corporate funding$262M
Deployments31
Open roles126
NorwayNO · 21 companies
Corporate funding$170M
Deployments66
Open roles21
AustraliaAU · 16 companies
Corporate funding$361M
Deployments29
Open roles23
PolandPL · 12 companies
Corporate funding$111M
Deployments19
Open roles47

* China-headquartered companies are tracked here only when they deploy in the US or EU.

06 / Investor-category matrix

What the top investors are betting on.

Distinct portfolio companies across the eight largest robotics categories. Multiple rounds in one company count once.

InvestorLogisticsInspectionSecurityManufacturingAutonomous Mobile RobotAgricultureHumanoidMedical
Founders Fundvc · 16 companies2151Not availableNot availableNot available2
Eclipsevc · 15 companies4213Not availableNot available13
IDG Capitalvc · 15 companies42Not available33Not available71
Lux Capitalvc · 15 companies2Not available322Not availableNot available1
Tiger Global Managementvc · 15 companies51Not available13Not available21
Sequoia Capitalvc · 14 companies3Not available522Not available11
SOSVvc · 13 companies221121Not availableNot available
Toyota Venturescorporate · 13 companies41Not availableNot available121Not available
Alumni Venturesvc · 12 companies2Not available3Not available11Not availableNot available
Andreessen Horowitzvc · 12 companiesNot available331Not availableNot available1Not available
NVenturescorporate · 12 companies21Not available2Not available122

How to read these charts. The funding timeline uses disclosed corporate- and consumer-segment amounts and excludes defense. Deployments are cited announcements or actor relationships, not installed-fleet estimates. Hiring reflects roles currently tracked from public careers sources; coverage varies by company.